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How Does My GPU Compare ?
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The 580 sells as low as 150 today and in that price bracket is the best performer. Maybe when it was £250 you now have about a 50% boost with a 5700 but it sounds like you don't need a boost if you're happy with performance
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Yes that's right. When your FPS gets too low, it's time to upgrade. You just need to establish where the bottleneck is and upgrade accordingly.
However, there are some people who get what's called an "upgrade itch" where they upgrade anyway. Which I think is a waste like renewing your MOT several months too early.
However, there are some people who get what's called an "upgrade itch" where they upgrade anyway. Which I think is a waste like renewing your MOT several months too early.
The PSU should be fine with most cards at the lower end of the budget but when you start going upto 5700XT and Nvidia 20 series for example I'd consider getting a bit more power as its best to be safe than sorry, I know the 5700XT can be a power hungry card at times
Ok thanks.
I wouldn't be able to replace a PSU as it would be a pain having to route the cables and plug them into the according slot on the mobo
It's not possible to replace a PSU without having to disconnect the cables from the mobo is it ?
It's a pain but if it needs to be done then so be it
I enjoy it as i have abit of OCD with cables
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Stick with 1080P and you should be fine for a while.
If you do decide to upgrade monitor then think it through as GPU's then become eye wateringly expensive for the power needed to run them
If you do decide to upgrade monitor then think it through as GPU's then become eye wateringly expensive for the power needed to run them
It's a pain but if it needs to be done then so be it
Got an RX580 and a Cooler Master MasterWatt Lite 500W 80 Plus which have worked fine for months, but someone told me the PSU isn't good enough and is dangerous, is this true ?
I've had that PSU in my build before paired with an RX470 and all was fine no issues or crashes etc I don't think the RX580 is that power hungry to worry about the 500w PSU
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I mean I don't think I'd trust it to run a Vega but if you did upgrade to a 5700 you'd be sweet. No need for an upgrade right now though.
Ok thanks I was worrying as some people say it's a poor PSU but I have had no problems at all so far
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I know a lad with a corsair cx430 psu running a rx470 no problems.
The power needs of a system is a black hole of misinformation. The 500w psu you have is fine. What cpu are you running
Ryzen 5 3600
Its not the wattage that is in question, it's the build quality which according to someone on another forum is poor
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As long as your not ragging it or pushing it to the limit. The psu will be fine.
I would think the number of systems running cheap psu's is a hell of a lot higher then the ones running good psu's.
Tbf I have never had a psu fail and I have had both good and bad brands